Replanter attachment.



No. 856,633. "PATENTED JUNE 11,1907. L. GUDGELL.

REPLANTER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION nun NOV. 8. 1906.

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PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

L. GUDGBLL. REPLANTBR ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION FILED NOVA} 1906.

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LYOURGUS G UDGELL, OF LOCKRIDGE, IOW'A.

REPLANTER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1 1, 1907.

Application filed November 8.1906. Serial No. 342.530.

T0 u/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

' section of the device detached.

Be it known that 1, LYCURG Us GUDGELL, a

citizen of the United States of America, rcsidmg at Lockridgc, m the county of Jellerson and State of Iowa, have invented certain 1 new and useful Improvements in Replanter Attachments, of which the following is a specification This invention relates improvements in replantcr attachment and relates more particularly to an attachment that can be readily applied to a wheeled culto new and useful tivator and that may be readily operated by I the driver of said cultivator.

It has been found. that in planting a field with corn a great many hills are missed. Ordinarily it is necessary for the covering his held to replant such hills.

farmer in i end 5, of' the strip 6.

It is an object of this invention to provide 1 a novel device which, being attached to a plow or cultivator, can readily permit such replanting when the hill is being cultivated.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a novel device of this character which has a foot that is operated by the submerging of the foot within the ground.

It is also an object of this invention to provide novel means whereby said foot is held closed when free from the ground.

- It is also an object of this invention to provide novel means in a device of this character where the discharge ol. the seed from the supply hopper is operated with the depression or 1 submerging of the shoe.

It is, furthermore, an ob ect oi this invention to provide in combination with a device 5 I a l'ulcrum for the lever 11, and permit a of this character a novel feeding means.

Finally an object of this invention is to provide which will be simple in construction, efficient in practice and economical to manufacture.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be l'icreina't'tcr more fully the lever 15 of wood and that it is best to have in detail, rci'er set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention cnce will be had to the accon'ipanying drawings forming part of this specilication wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which- Figure 1, is a view in perspective of a cultivator with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is a, fragn'ientary the foot.

a novel device of this character" elevation of i Fig. 1, is a side elevation partly in 1 ustcd,

Fig. 5, is a top plan view of the hopper showing the shutter in dotted lines. Fig. 6, is an enlarged top plan view of the hopper with the false bottom thereof removed showing the shutter in a retracted position. Fig. 7, is a sectional view of a hopper, and part of the tube. Fig. 8, is a section taken at approximately right angles to the section shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 9, is an enlarged sectional view of the foot and part of the tube employed in this invention.

In the drawings 1, denotes a wheeled cultivator or plow having an axle 2, and a tongue 3. To the arch L, of the axle 2, is secured the The opposite end 7, of said strip is reduced and secured to the rear end of the tongue 3. The end 5, of the strip 6, is provided with an opening or aperture 8, which is in such position that when the cultivator or plow is being drawn over the hills of corn, the aperture will be directly above the planted row. Passing through the apcr ture 8, is a tube 9, of such length as will meet the requirements of practice. The upper portion of the tube passes through an opening 10, intermediate the length 01" a lever 11 said tube being pivotally secured thereto through the medium of opposite arranged set screws 12, which pass through a ring 13, 8111- bracing the tube, said set screws binding against the tube. This levcr 11, is arranged on an incline, and near the lower end of said lever on opposite sides thereof, are pivoted the links 14. The opposite ends of said links are pivoted to the strip 6. These links 'lorm slight oscillationthereof when the said lever is being operated.

\Vhile the opening 10, may be made in the lever 11, in any ordinary manner, it is illustrated as two separate sections connected by short metallic strips 15, secured to the sides ol said sections by the screws 10. This arrangement is made in. view of the lact that metallic bearings for the pivot of the tube 9.

Embracing the tube S), and positioned beneath the strip 6, and normally contacting therewith, is a collar 16, which is held im movable on said tube by means of the set screws 17. This collar limits the movement of the tube in one direction and may be adj usted on said tube. so that the movement or depth of the p unge of the tube may be ada means which is thought to be plainly obvious to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates.

The collar 16, is held in its normal position through the medium of the coil springs 19, arranged on opposite sides of the tube, each of the springs being provided at. one end I with a hook 20, engaging the eye 21, carried by the strip 6, and arranged adjacent the aperture 8, therethrough. The opposite end of the spring is provided with a second hook 22, which engages the set screw 23. These set screws 23, hold in position on the tube a collar 24, which is likewise adjustable on the tube 9 and is intended to be moved with the adjustment of the collar 16.

To the lower end of the tube is threaded a collar 25, to which is secured a planting shoe. This shoe comprises in its construction, a rigid jaw 26, fixed to the collar 25, to which is pivoted, intermediate its length, a rocking jaw 27. To the rocking jaw on either side below its pivot 28, are hinged arms 29, of a flattened portion 30. The jaws 26 and 27 of the tube, are normally held closed and when said shoe is forced into the ground, the flattened portion 30, contacts with the surface thereof and causes said jaws to open to permit the discharge of the seed which has been previously admitted into the tube by a mechanism to be hereinafter described. This opening of the jaws is performed through the medium of upwa dly extending links 31, pivoted at their lower ends to the arms 29, and

at their upper ends to the ends of the links 32 and 33. The links 32, are pivoted at their opposite ends to the rigid jaws 26, while the opposite ends of the links 33, are pivoted to the upper portion of the rocking jaw 27, or at a point on the rocking jaw above its pivot 28. The links 32 and 33, act as a toggle and the expansion or contraction of this toggle arrangement operates the jaws, a con struction and operation which is believed to be obvious from an examination of the drawings.

Normally the springs 19, hold the shoe elevated about six inches from the ground and when it is desired to plant the corn, the driver of the cultivator depresses the lever 11, which will push the tube 9, downward and embed the shoe within the soil until the trip 30, contacts with the ground. The trip operates the shoe, causing the said shoe to open and permitting the seed or corn to be deposited. i/Vhen pressure is removed from the lever 11, the springs 19, will immediately cause the tube and shoe thereon to assume their normal position.

To close the jaws of the shoe, a strip 34, is loosely secured to the tube 9, and has a slight movement longitudinally thereon. This movement is permitted by the elongated slots 35, in the strip 34, through which passes screws 17 and 37, on the collar 16 and 24, respectively. The lower end of the strip is adapted to contact with one of the toggles and as the tube returns to its normal posi tion, the upper end of the strip34, contacts with the supporting strip 6, and said contact of the toggle with the strip causes said toggle to expand, and consequently close the jaws. When the tube 9, or the shoe thereon is depressed f'or planting, a spring 38, moves the strip 34, upward longitudinally of the tube 9, and leaves the toggle free to contact in order that the jaws may separate. This spring 38, is provided at one end with a hook 39, which engages a pin 40, at the lower end of the strip while the opposite end of the spring is provided with a loop 41, which engages a collar 24, said engagement being permitted by a set screw 42, threaded in said collar.

In order to further enhance the operation of the lever 11, a spring 43, is positioned beneath the lower end of the said lever and the supporting strip 6, the connection being made by means of a hook 44, on the ends of the springs engaging the eyes 46 and 47, on the strip 6, and the lever 11, respectively.

On the upper end of the tube 9, is threaded a hopper 48, which may be of any suitable configuration, but is illustrated in the drawings as approximately the form of a cube. The bottom 49, of the hopper is provided with an aperture 50, adjacent one side, which communicates with a threaded hollow boss 51, saidboss engaging the tube.

Within the hopper and pivoted to the bottom 49, and to one side thereof is a triangular shutter or slide 52, having therein an opening 53, which normally registers with an opening 54, in a false bottom 55, arranged within the hopper above the shutter. This bottom is secured in position by means of the bolts 56, passing through the bottom 49. Embracing these bolts 56, and interposed between the bottom 49, and the false bottom 55, are the coil springs 57. This permits a certain amount of give or yield to the false bottom and prevents the same from binding against the shutter to interfere with the operation thereof. It might be well to state at this point that the false bottom 49, is loose on the securing screws 56, and that the springs 57, hold said false bottom slightly above the shutter. If it were not for this provision, the weight of the corner other seed within the hopper would have a tendency to cause said false bottom to bind against the shutter. This is thought to be apparent.

The shutter is provided directly opposite its pivot with an extension 58, to which is secured an end of a spring 59. The opposite end of said spring is provided with a hook 60, which engages one of the securing bolts 56, said bolts being on the same side as the pivot. This spring holds the aperture of the shutter normally in register with the aperture of the false bottom. Also secured to the projection is a flexible band 61, which extends in front of the shutter and passes through an opening 62, in the bottom of a receptacle and is adapted to be secured to the strip 6. In the drawings this connection is shown as a strap; said strap being secured to the strip 6, through the medium of a buckle In order to reduce the friction on the spring 59, the free end of the triangular shutter 52, is rounded,

saidsrin assin oversaid rounded )ortion.'

The corn or seed is placed within the hopper and the connection or llexible band (51, holds the aperture or shutter in register with the aperture in the bottom of the hopper and such is the position of the shutter when the machine is normal, but when the lever 11, is depressed, the spring 59, will take up the slack of said band and cause the shutter to register with the aperture of the false bottom when the seed within the be )per will vlill the aperture of the shutter. W hen the tube or lever returns to its normal position, said shutter Will be so moved by the band 61, to cause the aperture of said shutter to -register with the aperture of the bottom of the hopper and the seed carried by the aperture or shutter will then drop through the tube into the shoe to be planted when said shoe is IVhile this invention has been described as applied to a cultivator or plow, it can also be employed as a hand planter.

Although in no way all'ecting the invention the hopper may be provided with aremovable cover 66.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a stationary member, a tube carried thereby and movable therethrough, a hopper carried by the tube and in communication therewith, a foot on the tube, and means for moving the tube with relation to the stationary member.

2. In combination with a stationary member, a tube carried thereby and movable therethrough, a hopper carried by the tube and in communication therewith, a foot on the tube, means for moving the tube with relation to the stationary member, and means for controlling the operation of the foot through the movement of the tube.

3. In combination, a stationary member, a-tube movable therethrough, a hopper carried thereby, means tor moving the tube with relation to the stationary member, and means whereby the movement of the tube controls the discharge of the hopper.

I, In combination with a stationary member, a'tube movable therethrough, a hopper carried by the tube, and means acting in conjunction with the stationary member for moving the tube with relation to the stationary member.

5. In combination with a stationary member, a tube movable therethrough, a hopper carried thereby, manual means tor moving the tube in one drection with relation to the stationary member and automatic means tor imparting movement thereto in an opposite direction.

6. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary mem her, a hopper carried by the tube, a lever engaging the stationary member and the tube for imparting movement thereto in one direction and means for imparting movement to the tube in an opposite direction.

7. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary member, a lever carried by the tube, means for imparting movement thereto in one direction, and springs for imparting movement thereto in an opposite direction.

8. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary member, a lever carried thereby, means for imparting movement thereto in one direction, springs for .imparting movement thereto in an opposite direction, and means for limiting the movement of the tube as imparted by the springs.

9. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary member, a hopper carried by the tube, jaws carried by the tube, and means for imparting movement to the tube and means carried by the tube [for controlling the operations of the jaws.

10. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary member, a lever carried by the tube, a foot on the tube comprising jaws, means for depressing the tube, and means whereby the depression of the tube distends the jaws.

11. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary member, a hopper carried thereby, means for imparting movement to the tube with relation to the stationary member, and means carried by the tube and engaging with the stationary member for limiting the movement thereof in one direction.

12. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary member, a hopper carried by the tube, a shoe on the tube comprising pivoted jaws, means for moving the tube with relation to the stationary member, and means carried by the tube acting in conjunction with the stationary member for holding the jaws normally closed.

13. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary member, a hopper carried thereby, a shoe carried by the tube, said shoe comprising jaws, means for imparting movement to the tube, and a rod loosely carried by the tube normally engaging with the stationary member and holding the jaws closed.

14. In combination, a stationary member,

a tube movable through the stationary memher, a hopper carried thereby, a shoe carried by the tube, said shoe comprising jaws, a rod loosely carried by the tube normally engaging with the stationary member to hold the jaws closed and means for elevating said rod when the tube is depressed.

15. In combination, a stationary member, a tube movable through the stationary memher, a hopper carried by-the tube, mechanism within the hopper for controlling the discharge of the hopper, means for imparting movement to the tube, and means acting in conjunction with the stationary member for 3 controlling the mechanism of the hopper.

In testimony whereof I a'flix my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 27th day of October, 1906.

LYCURGUS GUDGELL.

i tnesses A. M. MORROW, H. E. CARLSON. 

